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this fight is not over. >> we are going to get to michigan in a moment. first we want to bring in today's political power panel and dig in on the big topics of the day. msnbc contributor joy ann reid, also managing editor for the grio. msnbc contributor ari melber, correspondent for the nation and republican strategist alice stewart. great to see all three of you. joy ann, moments ago, boehner saying the sides are far apart. the cliff 20 days away. the posturing continues with the presidential politics and the president saying this is going to happen. so why can't these two men meet in the middle? >> it's interesting, because you're hearing in the public pronouncements almost no movement. the president reportedly lowered his target on tax, you know, revenue from 1.6 to 1.4. boehner stayed exactly the same, 800 billion. they are differing on how to get there. they are still saying the same things they have always been saying but then you have other reports in the "wall street journal" and bloomberg that behind the scenes the staffs are talking real numbers
this fight is not over. >> we are going to get to michigan in a moment. first we want to bring in today's political power panel and dig in on the big topics of the day. msnbc contributor joy ann reid, also managing editor for the grio. msnbc contributor ari melber, correspondent for the nation and republican strategist alice stewart. great to see all three of you. joy ann, moments ago, boehner saying the sides are far apart. the cliff 20 days away. the posturing continues with the...
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. >> reporter: and in michigan this week the governor vetoed a bill that would allow teachers to carry guns. still the idea may be catching on. back in harrold, texas, parent approve. >> i'd rather have someone at the school protecting my children than to stand there and hide them in a closet and have no way to protect them from somebody that comes into school with a gun. >> reporter: superintendent won't say which teachers or how many have guns, part of the secret he says of keeping students safe. charles had lock, nbc news, harrold, texas. >>> this morning on nbc's "meet the press" the nra executive vice president wayne lapierre led the charge in defending his organization's stance on gun control in the wake of the tragedy in newtown. in response to a question about legislating against high-capacity magazines, lapierre had this to say. >> i don't believe that's going to make one difference. there are so many different ways to evade that even if you had that. you had that for ten years when dianne feinstein passed that ban in '92. it was on the books. columbine occurred right in the m
. >> reporter: and in michigan this week the governor vetoed a bill that would allow teachers to carry guns. still the idea may be catching on. back in harrold, texas, parent approve. >> i'd rather have someone at the school protecting my children than to stand there and hide them in a closet and have no way to protect them from somebody that comes into school with a gun. >> reporter: superintendent won't say which teachers or how many have guns, part of the secret he says of...
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and look, i would encourage mitt romney to spend as much time as possible in wisconsin, and michigan. because i think the likelihood is, of his winning those states is so small that every day, every cent he spends in those states and not say in florida is a good development for the president. >> all right. gang, i want to ask you to hang on. we'll be back in a second. i want to bring in our next guest and turn our attention to washington and the ongoing leak investigation taking place there. later this hour, republican senators john mccain and lindsay graham will call for a special prosecute e and this comes after a number of gop lawmakers have gone on record with their concerns over possible political motivations for those leaks. one of those people that has gone on record is missouri senator roy blunt, a member of the select committee on intelligence. and the senator joins us this morning. sir, it's great to have you here. and just to remind everybody about how you have been on the record on this, a refresher for our viewers, because you tweeted on thursday, it's a crime to leak int
and look, i would encourage mitt romney to spend as much time as possible in wisconsin, and michigan. because i think the likelihood is, of his winning those states is so small that every day, every cent he spends in those states and not say in florida is a good development for the president. >> all right. gang, i want to ask you to hang on. we'll be back in a second. i want to bring in our next guest and turn our attention to washington and the ongoing leak investigation taking place...
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michigan, where romney won by 3%, 3.5%. 42% in ohio. that one-point victory, 49%. so here, advantage romney. let's go to income. we made the cut at 75,000. lower income is 65%. higher income 35% split. 100,000 is the exit poll split. look where wisconsin slots in, in between illinois and michigan again, not quite as low income as ohio. what does that mean? here are the margins. romney won by a point, most evangelical, lower income, less college educated. illinois, a lot higher income, a lot less evangelical. romney won by double digits. what's the wisconsin number going to be? if you were to do this like spreads, thomas, you would make romney a five-point favorite, and you would say, i wouldn't be surprised if it's somewhere in this range, five to ten points, if demographics are destiny. but turnout is a whole other story. >> nbc political director chuck todd. always a reminder, you can catch chuck every morning on the "the daily rundown" at 9:00 a.m. on msnbc. >>> breaking news from washington, where former vice president dick cheney was just released from the fai
michigan, where romney won by 3%, 3.5%. 42% in ohio. that one-point victory, 49%. so here, advantage romney. let's go to income. we made the cut at 75,000. lower income is 65%. higher income 35% split. 100,000 is the exit poll split. look where wisconsin slots in, in between illinois and michigan again, not quite as low income as ohio. what does that mean? here are the margins. romney won by a point, most evangelical, lower income, less college educated. illinois, a lot higher income, a lot...
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we saw the polls, romney closing in states like michigan and wisconsin. do you think he could take ohio? >> ohioans will have a flashback or a total recall, if you will, when they think about what the president has done, from rescuing the auto industry to standing up for women. they know, in fact, who to vote for. you know, the president won in 2008 ohio by 51%, and i believe that ohioans are going to recall who was actually in their corner for the last 3 1/2 years, and that is president obama. once they get over, thomas, the dazzle of the debate. we need to put that behind us and we're going to move forward. it is the president that is pushing policies that will allow the middle class and poor folks to thrive, to get over. >> romney has reinvested in the state of ohio with ads specifically targeted to ohioans. take a look at this. >> the question ohio families are asking is who can bring back the jobs? under president obama, we've lost over 500,000 manufacturing jobs. >> so, "the new york times" reporting today, senator, that the romney camp going after
we saw the polls, romney closing in states like michigan and wisconsin. do you think he could take ohio? >> ohioans will have a flashback or a total recall, if you will, when they think about what the president has done, from rescuing the auto industry to standing up for women. they know, in fact, who to vote for. you know, the president won in 2008 ohio by 51%, and i believe that ohioans are going to recall who was actually in their corner for the last 3 1/2 years, and that is president...
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imagine, if america, if we had bombs coming in from mexico or canada into texas, let's say or to michigan, and that were happening on a daily basis, and we are a democracy as well. so you have the right to defend yourself, and that is where i think that israel and the united states very much had this sort of camaraderie and even despite the bad blood between netanyahu and our leader president obama, and the countries do maintain a healthy relationship, and you have a lot of american jews who do have dual citizenship as well even today. >> point that out, because the jewish vote is very vital in the country as we watched it play out in the election, and why is that? >> well, listen, first of all, they have a fantastic lobby which is called apac which is american israel political action committee and they do a fantastic job in representing american jews before the congress. there's the one thing with congress that they can -- the one thing they can agree on these days is support for israel and the ability to defend themselves, and in fact, they recently passed unanimously, resolutions in bo
imagine, if america, if we had bombs coming in from mexico or canada into texas, let's say or to michigan, and that were happening on a daily basis, and we are a democracy as well. so you have the right to defend yourself, and that is where i think that israel and the united states very much had this sort of camaraderie and even despite the bad blood between netanyahu and our leader president obama, and the countries do maintain a healthy relationship, and you have a lot of american jews who do...
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they have not been running ahead in ohio so they are looking every where they k-minnesota, michigan, pennsylvania to try to find some other state that can replace ohio. >> bill schneider of the third way and emily from "the washington post." appreciate your time. thank you both. >>> the east coast starting to slow a pain staking process of recovering from the devastation of hurricane sandy. new york's staten island one of the areas hardest hit of the storm, 22 of new york's 40 fatalities were on staten island. richard lui has been there for several days now. he joins me this afternoon. richard earlier this week, the congress minnesota that represents that particular area describes to me as the forgotten borough. what's the latest on the recovery effort on staten island. >> reporter: very good day to you. the latest is they are still digging out. the issue at hand is healing. when you were here it was recovery and trying to determine what was the amount of damage now they are going through the healing phase here on staten island, specifically we're in the new door communities. this is
they have not been running ahead in ohio so they are looking every where they k-minnesota, michigan, pennsylvania to try to find some other state that can replace ohio. >> bill schneider of the third way and emily from "the washington post." appreciate your time. thank you both. >>> the east coast starting to slow a pain staking process of recovering from the devastation of hurricane sandy. new york's staten island one of the areas hardest hit of the storm, 22 of new...
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he might win voters in colorado, nevada, etcetera, but voters in michigan, wisconsin, new hampshire, places where romney will be where the vote is more white to be candid that might help him to be more antiimmigration in some of those places where there is a more working class vote concern about immigration. >> as you were bringing up marco rubio as the conversation is turning to the president coming out to talk about the immigration policy they want to push the stump for romney is going to include three people who are highly considered to be top vp picks, one being marco rubio the other paul ryan of wisconsin and kelly ayotte of new hampshire. ayotte has not been shy about the fact that she would be happy to get this nod. do you think this conversation the president wants to have this afternoon with america and talk about the policy that he wants his administration to pursue and to put into effect immediately pushes the hand of mitt romney and his team to pick marco rubio and to show that they are concerned with immigration and the thoughts of his own dream act, marco rubio's that i
he might win voters in colorado, nevada, etcetera, but voters in michigan, wisconsin, new hampshire, places where romney will be where the vote is more white to be candid that might help him to be more antiimmigration in some of those places where there is a more working class vote concern about immigration. >> as you were bringing up marco rubio as the conversation is turning to the president coming out to talk about the immigration policy they want to push the stump for romney is going...
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but the obama campaign always had money in reserve for pennsylvania, for michigan if this happened. and again, they have got more than enough resources to work on a one-week schedule. but also, don't underestimate the field ability. obama has five times as many offices and field offices in pennsylvania than the romney folks have. the obama folks have been pushing for this for the last year and a half. they are ready to go. i think the republicans made a big mistake with the voter i.d. law, that as you know got stayed by the courts, but it got our base angry. angry. they may have been luke warm about voting this time but you tell someone they can't vote and had they get their backs up. there's going to be a good turnout in pennsylvania and the president is going to win. he won't win by the 10 or 20 points the polls were showing a month ago, but he'll win by 3, 4, 5 points i think. >> i do want to talk about expanding the maps. republicans are saying they're coming on strong in minnesota, wisconsin, michigan, all these states to lean democratic. is the president's eye being taken off
but the obama campaign always had money in reserve for pennsylvania, for michigan if this happened. and again, they have got more than enough resources to work on a one-week schedule. but also, don't underestimate the field ability. obama has five times as many offices and field offices in pennsylvania than the romney folks have. the obama folks have been pushing for this for the last year and a half. they are ready to go. i think the republicans made a big mistake with the voter i.d. law, that...
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one of which was wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. seems like they've seeded the ground in those two big, big states. wisconsin seems like it's still in play. paul ryan obviously helps with that. the hometown boy there. we'll just have to see how it this plays out. >> you just raised a very interesting point. do you see, perhaps, wisconsin in play now because the romney campaign looked at the polling in pennsylvania, looked at the polling in ohio, and as you've said, we can't win there, we may have a shot here. is that what you think is happening? >> in some ways, i think that is happening. surprising to me that two months out from a campaign that the romney campaign isn't playing in michigan. this is a state where he was born. not playing in pennsylvania. i think it has to do with the auto bailout and him not being able to explain his position there. i think they have room to run in wisconsin. it's because paul ryan does have a following there. of course, i said before he's running those ads there. i don't think that's really hedging
one of which was wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. seems like they've seeded the ground in those two big, big states. wisconsin seems like it's still in play. paul ryan obviously helps with that. the hometown boy there. we'll just have to see how it this plays out. >> you just raised a very interesting point. do you see, perhaps, wisconsin in play now because the romney campaign looked at the polling in pennsylvania, looked at the polling in ohio, and as you've said, we can't win there,...
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. >>> now, if you live in michigan and bought a powerball ticket, you might want to check out what those numbers are because there was a single winning in the last night $337 million powerball. eight tickets matching five of the six winning numbers were also sold. you know what? those are worth a cool million bucks a piece. not bad, right? so for the first time in a national scrabble tournament, one of the nation's top young players has been ejected after caught cheating. he was busted, guess what, hiding blank tiles for wild card. >>> today marks the 35th anniversary death of elvis presley. people got a surprise when they were greeted by the former king's wife and daughter. it's the first time they appeared at the annual event together. elvis died in 1977. >>> well, the end to the dream, at least in arizona. why governor january brewer is bucking the white house for refusing to comply with its new immigration policy. >>> plus, pride for paul ryan? guy rights advocates divided over the vice presidential candidate. what do you think? you can tell me your thoughts. always tweet me and get
. >>> now, if you live in michigan and bought a powerball ticket, you might want to check out what those numbers are because there was a single winning in the last night $337 million powerball. eight tickets matching five of the six winning numbers were also sold. you know what? those are worth a cool million bucks a piece. not bad, right? so for the first time in a national scrabble tournament, one of the nation's top young players has been ejected after caught cheating. he was...
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>> first of all, the question was what the governor said in michigan last week was he was in michigan. he was noting the fact he was born there. mrs. romney was born there. it was a light-hearted moment. to read too much into it is just doing that. what the governor will talk about and what i think almost all of our speakers will be talking about over the next three days is the governor's plan and the governor's vision and how he wants to move this economy forward and how he wants to tackle energy policy and health care and education. things that are important to americans out there. i think you will see a very focused convention the next three nights with all of our speakers talking about the metrics and plans that governor romney has to get this country going. also, to add a little bit of understanding as to who he is as a person. as you mentioned in the intro, mrs. romney will speak tonight. she will speak as a wife and mother, what type of person governor romney has been beyond the 30-second commercial and give folks who have not been focusing on the election now an opportunity to
>> first of all, the question was what the governor said in michigan last week was he was in michigan. he was noting the fact he was born there. mrs. romney was born there. it was a light-hearted moment. to read too much into it is just doing that. what the governor will talk about and what i think almost all of our speakers will be talking about over the next three days is the governor's plan and the governor's vision and how he wants to move this economy forward and how he wants to...
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down eight in michigan and minnesota. today a lot of talk has to be about how republicans are regrouping to go forward. they may have not gotten a lot of ground here in the short game, but about the long game to go. what this loss means for governor romney, what it means for regrouping of the republican party. >> yes. we have to be honest enough with ourselves to say we have a problem. when we say the problem is demographic, it isn't necessarily black, white, hispanic, and so forth. i believe it's white collar, blue collar. there's too many blue collar working families that feel the republican party does not understand them. doesn't understand what's important to them. and is not out there fighting for them every day. we have to be honest enough with the party to understand that's a change we have to make if we're going to make gains in future elections. >> i want to ask you about the talk on whether the president has truly this second term mandate and what that means going forward. certainly there have been challenges in
down eight in michigan and minnesota. today a lot of talk has to be about how republicans are regrouping to go forward. they may have not gotten a lot of ground here in the short game, but about the long game to go. what this loss means for governor romney, what it means for regrouping of the republican party. >> yes. we have to be honest enough with ourselves to say we have a problem. when we say the problem is demographic, it isn't necessarily black, white, hispanic, and so forth. i...
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it has a broad sweep across all of ohio and michigan and indiana, but ohio particularly has benefitted from the auto have i and mitt romney said let this industry go bankrupt. and the president in the face of criticism stood up, did the right thing, the courageous thing and ohio is benefiting as a result and ohioans won't forget that. p. >> ohio, ohio, ohio. former governor ted strickland from that great state of ohio, thank you so much with the obama re-election campaign. >> it's a wonderful state. >>> ross perot no longer one of the undecided voters. he announces his endorsement in a key battleground state. >>> plus, remembering arlen specter. the vice president and other dignitaries say a final fair well to pennsylvania's longest serving senator. with the spark miles card from capital one, thor's couture gets the most rewards of any small business credit card. your boa! [ garth ] thor's small business earns double miles on every purchase, every day! ahh, the new fabrics, put it on my spark card. [ garth ] why settle for less? the spiked heels are working. wait! [ garth ] great busin
it has a broad sweep across all of ohio and michigan and indiana, but ohio particularly has benefitted from the auto have i and mitt romney said let this industry go bankrupt. and the president in the face of criticism stood up, did the right thing, the courageous thing and ohio is benefiting as a result and ohioans won't forget that. p. >> ohio, ohio, ohio. former governor ted strickland from that great state of ohio, thank you so much with the obama re-election campaign. >> it's a...
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could get the michigan state identification card. then the state said that can be used to board airplanes. we need all sorts of forms of identification. then the state changed its mind and said we'll issue a voter i.d. card that's different. only if you can't get the other card. then they changed their mind on that. the judge said i can't be sure. even though the state has now cured a lot of these problems, i can't be sure enough people are going to be able to get the right kind of identification to allow this law to go into effect. i'm going to let the state continue to educate people about the need for photo i.d. i'm going to let the state ask for photo i.d. atle positive, but enjoin the part of the law that requires voters to have photo i.d. people wanted it all put on hold. the judge said i don't need to go that far. there is always the possibility the state could go back to the supreme court on this, but begin how skeptical the supreme court was when they looked at this a few weeks ago, i think it's over. that means that the new
could get the michigan state identification card. then the state said that can be used to board airplanes. we need all sorts of forms of identification. then the state changed its mind and said we'll issue a voter i.d. card that's different. only if you can't get the other card. then they changed their mind on that. the judge said i can't be sure. even though the state has now cured a lot of these problems, i can't be sure enough people are going to be able to get the right kind of...
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dozens of cases have been reported in virginia, indiana, michigan. >>> a jump for the ages. daredevil felix baumgartner, this gives me the willis watching this, he became the first man to break the sound barrier when he did that. he leapt from a ridiculous 24 miles above the earth's surface. he was at mock .24 before landing smoothly in the new mexico desert. >>> the new york yankees are down but not out. the battles bombers have lost the first two games of the alcs at home to detroit tigers. manager joe girardi raged at a call, he appeared to put the tag on omar infante at second base. the play was called safe. infante scored. girardi was tossed from the game. the best of seven series heads back to detroit on tuesday. >>> clinton to the rescue. if president obama wins a second term, he might owe a big debt to the clintons. what should obama do to change the game at tomorrow's debate. tweet me @richardlui. we'll share your responses shortly. three. my credit card rewards are easy to remember. with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card, i earn 1% cash back everywhere, ev
dozens of cases have been reported in virginia, indiana, michigan. >>> a jump for the ages. daredevil felix baumgartner, this gives me the willis watching this, he became the first man to break the sound barrier when he did that. he leapt from a ridiculous 24 miles above the earth's surface. he was at mock .24 before landing smoothly in the new mexico desert. >>> the new york yankees are down but not out. the battles bombers have lost the first two games of the alcs at home to...
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. >>> plus our eyes on a news conference in lansing, michigan. in just a few minutes we get to find out who the newest multimillionaire is. the only winner from that $337 million powerball jack pot. are you related to him? >>> what do you mean shut up? okay. i thought it was just because somebody had the stupid idea of trying tris in downtown new york city. maybe that was it. >> clint east wood's appearance at the republican national convention last night was a surprise and something you might say of a show stopper. msnbc's richard liu has been following it on twitter. he's been quite the topic on twitter today. >> there's ab lot to talk about in terms of clint eastwood and what he did with that chair. the social media fe nom is being called eastwooding, taking pictures the of a chair. eastwoods chair. but the most attention has come from this parody twitter handle called invisible obama with over 40,000 followers right now. also last night who got some attention was senator marco rubio. and while he is not all the talk today, he was during his s
. >>> plus our eyes on a news conference in lansing, michigan. in just a few minutes we get to find out who the newest multimillionaire is. the only winner from that $337 million powerball jack pot. are you related to him? >>> what do you mean shut up? okay. i thought it was just because somebody had the stupid idea of trying tris in downtown new york city. maybe that was it. >> clint east wood's appearance at the republican national convention last night was a surprise...
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turned out to be a huge success up and down the supply chain in places like wisconsin and ohio and michigan. and so, what they're trying to do is make this an argument about whether or not president obama can lead us in to the future when in reality people in that part of the world including voters in wisconsin who prefer president obama over mitt romney are saying that actually they fared better under president obama's policies. that's the challenge that these guys face. now, i'll only point out one other thing which is in ohio where the very same policies put to a vote, same policies to recall scott walker, voters in ohio voted to overturn the policies. so if you look at what people prefer in terms of policy, not so much the person walker versus barrett, that seems to be favoring democrats and the president in the upper midwest. >> april, we want to welcome in hogi ridley joining the conversation. hogan, talking about wisconsin today, romney's campaign with a new web video using the president's words to hit him on the economy just like this morning in wisconsin. take a listen. >> of cours
turned out to be a huge success up and down the supply chain in places like wisconsin and ohio and michigan. and so, what they're trying to do is make this an argument about whether or not president obama can lead us in to the future when in reality people in that part of the world including voters in wisconsin who prefer president obama over mitt romney are saying that actually they fared better under president obama's policies. that's the challenge that these guys face. now, i'll only point...
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and i was tempted to stay in michigan and go into the car business. but i always knew that i'd wonder if any success i might have was due to my dad. >> mitt romney loves cars. susan, going back farther than the president to highlight family struggles, do you think trying to resonate or portray himself as the hard scrabble guy is going to work? >> you know, he's not a guy who had the kind of tough upbringing that president obama had, for instance, but i do think it makes sense for him to try to make this, to reveal a little more about himself and his upbringing, talk a little more about his religion, talk about his dad. i think these are things people want to know. and he's not the most -- smoothest candidate on the stump doing that, and not going to be, but if you are sincere, come across that way, goes a long way to make voters comfortable about you. >> bob, i have to get to you on this. saw reports that long time gop campaign strategist ed gillespie will be adviser to romney camp. is there worry that gillespie, karl rove, other operatives will bring
and i was tempted to stay in michigan and go into the car business. but i always knew that i'd wonder if any success i might have was due to my dad. >> mitt romney loves cars. susan, going back farther than the president to highlight family struggles, do you think trying to resonate or portray himself as the hard scrabble guy is going to work? >> you know, he's not a guy who had the kind of tough upbringing that president obama had, for instance, but i do think it makes sense for...
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getting to catch the ohio state game against michigan state. paul ryan traveling with his wife janet we understand. they have a campaign rally there in columbus, ohio, in about an hour. >>> from ohio to iowa, the early birds out in full force in battleground iowa. on thursday, iowa became the first swing state to begin in person early voting with experts predicting that nearly 40% of iowans will cast their ballots before november 6th. so whose campaign does that benefit? we're back with the brain trust, perry bacon, robert costa, we'll start with you. whose campaign does it benefit early voting? >> i think both republicans and democrats have pretty effective ground games, especially in the midwest, though. this is very important for mitt romney. ohio, iowa, wisconsin, these are rust belt states with industrial manufacturing employees throughout most of the states. and mitt romney has to win these voters if he wants to put together a puzzle on the electoral map that really works out for him. >> karen, iowa is a historic place, especially for pre
getting to catch the ohio state game against michigan state. paul ryan traveling with his wife janet we understand. they have a campaign rally there in columbus, ohio, in about an hour. >>> from ohio to iowa, the early birds out in full force in battleground iowa. on thursday, iowa became the first swing state to begin in person early voting with experts predicting that nearly 40% of iowans will cast their ballots before november 6th. so whose campaign does that benefit? we're back...
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then we bop up to the detroit, michigan area. we don't expect to see him until debate night. in between tomorrow afternoon and thursday night, we're not real sure exactly what he will be doing. there are not expected to be any public eastbound traffvents. last night paul ryan had a huge fundraiser in milwaukee. a record fundraiser, as we understand it. again, down in chicago today waiting to see what those numbers are like. back over to you, craig. >> ron, thank you, sir. >> reporter: yes, sir. >> absentee ballots are more likely to be contested and less likely to be counted. yet, states like florida are ramping up their use of the absentee ballots. in 2006, 16% of the population used absentee ballots. 29% in 2010. with the presidential election in the balance, will absentee ballots be this election's hanging chads? joining me to talk about that is the leon county supervisor of elections. good afternoon to you. >> good afternoon to ya you as well. >> florida just finished counting the primary votes. why are so many absentee ballots not being counted there? >> it depends on th
then we bop up to the detroit, michigan area. we don't expect to see him until debate night. in between tomorrow afternoon and thursday night, we're not real sure exactly what he will be doing. there are not expected to be any public eastbound traffvents. last night paul ryan had a huge fundraiser in milwaukee. a record fundraiser, as we understand it. again, down in chicago today waiting to see what those numbers are like. back over to you, craig. >> ron, thank you, sir. >>...
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similar to how his comments on, you know, the bankruptcy of general motors have been used in ohio and in michigan against him and how, you know, other comments have certainly -- you know w that 47% comment. it's airing in ads all across the country. >> john, quickly i want to talk about that senate race. partisan poll shows that the incumbent republican senator there dean heller is trailing shelley berkeley. how could that impact the race? >> i think more of the presidential race will have an impact on senate race. shelley berkeley has been the underdog for a long time. polls showed her behind by about six points. the registration effort by the democrats, they've doubled their advantage here since january. it's possible that barack obama could drag shelley berkeley across the finish line in this state. i think that's really worrying republicans. >> his coat tails could be that long. john, ed, thank you so much. john, while i have you here, quickly, nevada, i just found out, referred to as the silver state. is it also known as the sage brush state and the battle born state? does it have that many
similar to how his comments on, you know, the bankruptcy of general motors have been used in ohio and in michigan against him and how, you know, other comments have certainly -- you know w that 47% comment. it's airing in ads all across the country. >> john, quickly i want to talk about that senate race. partisan poll shows that the incumbent republican senator there dean heller is trailing shelley berkeley. how could that impact the race? >> i think more of the presidential race...